2015 Women's Soccer Season Report

Head Coach Kyle Cussen and Bruce Howard sat down to review the 2015 season.

The Tulsa women's soccer team had a record-breaking year as they set a new school mark in three categories. The Golden Hurricane began the year with an 8-0 record for the best start in program history; had nine clean sheets on the year, including a six-game streak to set a new high for consecutive shutouts; and the program received its first-ever top-25 national ranking, coming in at No. 19 in the September 14 Top Drawer Soccer poll.

The Hurricane women tallied a 13-6-1 overall record, including a 4-4-1 mark in the American Athletic Conference, but fell in the conference tournament quarterfinals to eventual champion Cincinnati.

Tulsa scored twice as many goals as their opponents this season (32-16) and had over 50 additional shots-on-goal compared to the competition (143-89), while having fewer fouls and cards. TU garnered The American's Fair Play Award for accumulating the fewest points based on fouls and cards in conference games.

Sophomore Rachel Thun led the Tulsa attack with seven goals and eight assists for 22 points, while classmates Christina Holmes and Tana Dake added six goals and three scores, respectively. Courtney McKeon and Rebecca Defer, who are also both sophomores, shared time in goal for a combined 73 saves, nine clean sheets and an .820 saves percentage, while allowing 16 goals for a .78 goals-against average.

Thun was an all-conference first-team selection, Dake picked up second-team honors and freshman defender Danielle Hoover garnered all-Rookie team accolades.

2015 Women's Soccer Season Report

Players Mentioned

Tana Dake

Rebecca Defer

Christina Holmes

Danielle Hoover

Courtney McKeon

Rachel Thun-Blankenship